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Definition of blackfish

blackfish
Sea bass Sea" bass` . (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus, or Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
Blackfish
Blackfish Black"fish, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga). 3. (Zo["o]l.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family. 5. (Zo["o]l.) The female salmon in the spawning season. Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.

Meaning of blackfish from wikipedia

- Look up blackfish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikisource has the text of the 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article Blackfish. Blackfish is a common...
- Blackfish is a 2013 American do****entary film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. It concerns Tilikum, an orca held by SeaWorld and the controversy over...
- Blackfish (SS-221), a Gato-class submarine in commission from 1942 to 1946, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the blackfish...
- Blackfish is a common name for several species of fish. Blackfish may also refer to: Blackfish, a catch-all slang term for small, dark-colored toothed...
- The Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) is a species of freshwater fish in the esocid family (Esocidae) of order Esociformes. It inhabits Arctic regions...
- The Sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus) is a species of freshwater fish in central California. A cyprinid, the blackfish is the sole member...
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- of dolphins have the word "whale" in their name, collectively known as blackfish: the orca, or killer whale, the melon-headed whale, the pygmy killer whale...
- [citation needed] Tilikum was heavily featured in CNN Films' 2013 do****entary Blackfish, which claims that orcas in captivity suffer psychological damage and...
- Blackfish (c. 1729–1779) (Shawnee: Cot-ta-wa-ma-go or Mkah-day-way-may-qua), was a Native American leader, war chief of the Chillicothe band of the Shawnee...